Kiss Me Kate

“Kiss me, Kate, we shall be married o’Sunday.”

It’s “another opening of another show” with Kiss Me, Kate, American musical theatre’s greatest tribute to the Bard. As they try to stage a musical version of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, sparks fly on and off stage between Fred Graham, the show’s director and star, and Lilli Vanessi, his leading lady—and ex-wife. Add to the mix passionate young lovers, ingénue Lois Lane and her gambler boyfriend Bill, plus a few musically inclined gangsters’ heavies, and the result is a sharp and witty night with some of Cole Porter’s most immortal tunes.

STC Associate Artistic Director Alan Paul, director of Man of La Mancha and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Helen Hayes Award winner) helms Kiss Me, Kate, the winner of the first ever Tony Award® for Best Musical, featuring such classic numbers as “So In Love” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.”

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Alan Paul
Director

Michele Lynch
Choreographer

Doug Peck
Music Director/Orchestrator

James Cunningham
Associate Music Director/Conductor

Michael Dansicker
Additional Dance Music Arrangements by

James Noone
Scenic Designer

Alejo Vietti
Costume Designer

Paul Miller
Lighting Designer

Justin Stasiw
Sound Designer

David Leong
Fight Director

Laura Stanczyk, CSA
Casting Director

Carter C. Wooddell
Resident Casting Director

Drew Lichtenberg
Literary Manager/Dramaturg

Ellen O’Brien
Head of Voice and Text

Kevin Place
Assistant Director

Patch David
Assistant Choreographer

Joseph Smelser*
Production Stage Manager

Robyn M. Zalewski*
Stage Manager

Maria Tejada*
Assistant Stage Manager
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